Oh my god. The movie Gung Ho (1986) is on HBO this morning.
It stars (the best Batman, obv) Michael Keaton, George Wendt (Norm from "Cheers") AND Long Duck Dong from "16 Candles".
It is described on the "info" button as being (and. I. Quote.)
"Autoworkers meet Oriental discipline in a U.S. plant reopened."
The movie's tagline was (and. I. Quote):
"When East meets West the laughs shift into high gear!"
The synopsis describes the "seemingly inhumane Japanese work ethic".
hahahahah.
Oriental. Discipline.
What's funny is that this movie would never, ever, get made today.
It's full of more racial stereotypes than the Genesis video for Illegal Alien
(which features Phil Collins in a wearing a sombrero and sporting a Zapata moustache
in case there was any confusion about which ethnicity the song is about, greengo! arriba!)
Hirarious.
I wonder what Michael Moore would think.
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